Event: Real Life Government in Second Life
Dr. Paulette Robinson, leader of the Federal Consortium for Virtual Worlds, will describe how VWs are now being used in government — and discuss the benefits and challenges faced by users, developers and decision makers in applying this new medium.
She will also describe a new vGov (Virtual Government) project that will provide a secure Virtual World-based environment for all government agencies.
Joining as co-moderator is Kim Smith, COO of metaverse developer World2Worlds, Inc., a subject matter expert on government use of technology, and the Federal contracting process.
Event Details:
Today, Monday, December 7th
1:00 PM PT/4:00 PM ET
How/where:
In Second Life! You’ll need a (free) Second Life account to participate. Then, go to the following SLURL (Second Life URL):
http://slurl.com/secondlife/SmarterTechnology%201/230/98/34
Although I learned about this event only hours beforehand, I hope to participate, as well. FYI, I’m Planeteer Steampunk in Second Life.
To Learn more:
- See how Real Life Government is using Second Life by Joining the Government using Second Life list or (GuSL list) Go to http://tr.im/governmentusingsl …for more information.
- The Real Life Government page on the Second Life Wiki can be found here.
- The Federal Consortium for Virtual Worlds is affiliated with The National Defense University Information Resources Management College (NDU iCollege) – Formerly IRMC, located at Fort Lesley J. McNair, in Washington, DC, USA
Thanks to Eric Hackathorn of NOAA for the FCVW introductory video:
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